2026 PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Whangārei electorate results
Candidate and party votes for Whangārei in the 2026 New Zealand general election.
100.0% of voting places reporting · Results feed updated . These are preliminary results, not the official final count.
ELECTORATE VOTE
Candidate results
| Candidate / party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| BUDD, Lloyd SamNational Party | 15,757 | 40.3% |
| PAYINDA, GaryLabour Party | 14,665 | 37.6% |
| COCURULLO, VinceNew Zealand First Party | 5,842 | 15.0% |
| GRAHAM, DougACT New Zealand | 1,476 | 3.8% |
| DELLABARCA, SimonOpportunity Party | 748 | 1.9% |
| WAKELAM, NoahNZ Outdoors & Freedom Party | 212 | 0.5% |
| BLACKMAN, CollinNew Zealand Loyal | 132 | 0.3% |
| TWYMAN, JonIndependent | 98 | 0.3% |
| CLOTWORTHY, Daryl WarrenIndependent | 89 | 0.2% |
| BEHARRELL, LukeMoney Free Party NZ | 33 | 0.1% |
| Total candidate votes shown | 39,052 | 100% |
PARTY VOTE
Party results
| Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| National Party | 11,955 | 30.5% |
| Labour Party | 9,266 | 23.6% |
| New Zealand First Party | 6,035 | 15.4% |
| ACT New Zealand | 5,265 | 13.4% |
| Green Party | 4,124 | 10.5% |
| Opportunity Party | 2,076 | 5.3% |
| New Zealand Loyal | 92 | 0.2% |
| Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party | 85 | 0.2% |
| NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party | 71 | 0.2% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 71 | 0.2% |
| Animal Justice Party Aotearoa New Zealand | 33 | 0.1% |
| Te Tai Tokerau Party | 33 | 0.1% |
| Women’s Rights Party | 29 | 0.1% |
| Conservative Party NZ | 28 | 0.1% |
| Vision New Zealand | 25 | 0.1% |
| Free Palestine | 9 | 0.0% |
| Alliance Party | 8 | 0.0% |
| Total party votes shown | 39,205 | 100% |